The Manhattan Community Board 12 is a New York City community board for the

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of Inwood and Washington Heights in the borough of

Manhattan Manhattan (), known regionally as the City, is the most densely populated and geographically smallest of the five boroughs of New York City. The borough is also coextensive with New York County, one of the original counties of the U.S. state ...

. It is delimited by the

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on the east and on the north, the

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on the west and 155th Street on the south.

Demographics

As of 2000, the Community Board had a population of 208,414, up from 198,192 in 1990, and 179,141 in 1980. Of the population (as of 2000), 28,242 (13.6%) are White non Hispanic, 17,480 (8.4%) are

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, 4,310 (2.1%)

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or Pacific Islander, 505 (0.2%) American Indian or Native Alaskan, 727 (0.3%) of some other race, 2,736 (1.3%) of two or more race, 154,414 (74.1%) of Hispanic origins. As of 2009, 42.3% of the population benefit from public assistance, which was up from 33.3% in 2000. The land area is 1,790.6 acres, or .

References

External links

www.cb12manhattan.com
{{Manhattan-stub Community boards of Manhattan